RPGs you own but have never played

[haiiro]

My shelf includes:

Aberrant (d10)
Adventures of Baron von Munchausen
All Things Must Be Eaten
Alternity
Call of Cthulhu d20
Code of Unaris
Elfquest
Exalted
Hackmaster
Hero (5th edition)
In Nomine
kill puppies for satan
Little Fears
Living Steel
Lord of the Rings (Decipher)
Mach
MechWarrior
Mummy (1st edition)
Ork the RPG
Ringworld
Sorcerer
Talislanta (Shootingiron)
Werewolf

Some I bought never intending to play them (Living Steel, Talislanta, Hero...) for a variety of reasons -- from novelty factor to idea-mining -- while others I bought to play and just never have (Werewolf, Sorcerer, Aberrant...). Either way, I don't mind having things on the shelf I've never played -- they make for interesting reading.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Continuum
Red Dwarf
Star Trek: TRhe Next Generation (LUG)
Ravenstar
Dark Matter
MagiTech
Ars Magica 3rd Edition
Norhtern Crown
Oathbound
Demon Wars
Morning Star
Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition
Lone Wolf OGL
Stargate SG1
Iron Heroes
Deadlands: Lost Colony D20
Deadlands: Hell On Earth D20

 

[Altalazar]

Call of Cthulu d20 - though I have played the original system and I did recently get the most updated version of it, which I have not played. It turns out the Cthulu folks decided it was stupid to make a d20 version, won't support it anymore, and went back to their original system (with a new edition).

 

[jdrakeh]

This list was once pretty long. Now it consists of Spycraft 2.0 and HARP.

 

[jdrakeh]

It turns out the Cthulu folks decided it was stupid to make a d20 version, won't support it anymore, and went back to their original system (with a new edition).

Actually, that's not at all what happened. The 'Cthulhu Folks' (Chaosium) had nothing to do with Call of Cthulhu d20, past licensing the Call of Cthulhu IP to Wizards of the Coast (the company actually responsible for Call of Cthulhu d20). The license was limited in scope, and was never (according to both parties) intended to be devloped into an ongoing product line. Ironically, Chaosium actually supported it longer that WotC did, by priting several dual-statted campaign books long after WotC had left the game floating out there in the ether.

[Note: I actually prefer d20 CoC to the original, but I had to sell my copy a while back.]

 

[wingsandsword]

Brave New World (Would really like to play it, but low-powered rebel superheroes in a facist alternate-history United States doesn't seem to interest a lot of people)
Star Trek/Star Trek: The Next Generation/Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Last Unicorn versions, also would really like to play them)
New World of Darkness/Werewolf: The Forsaken/Mage: The Awakening (haven't gotten to play them yet, but would really like to, especially Mage)
GURPS (lots of sourcebooks, used them for other games)
Hunter: The Reckoning (Got it for 5 bucks, mostly library padding)
Everquest
Arcana Evolved (plundered it for mechanics and ideas, not actually played AE/U proper).
Wheel of Time d20 (almost got to play in it, the GM insisted I read the first book before the campaign began, I started to read it a few days before the game began, but got a serious flu and couldn't complete the book by the time the game began, so I couldn't play.)

Now, I've got a lot of games I've only played once, or for a few games, I've got a huge library, of which I've played much of it only a few times, but at least played them.

 

[jdrakeh]

Legendary Lives (I don't really want to either)

While the setting and most of the races/classes are schlock fantasy, the underlying system (especially the magic system) is very, very, neat. The other games that use variants of that system (Khaotic! and Lost Souls) are similarly hobbled by poorly thought out setting and excessive in-jokes that make said games come off as bad satire (which is really a shame).

 

[tetsujin28]

Not many, as I've gone through a purge of stuff:
Jadeclaw
Dark Continent
Dying Earth

 

[HellHound]

The vast majority of my collection I have played at least once (over 100 RPGs). However, that was until about two years ago. It seems I have since gained a lot of RPGs that I have not been able to play yet... heck, I've written an RPG that I haven't been able to play yet. The vast majority (except for the one I wrote) are d20 based RPGs, but some are outside that field. I'll start with the non-d20 games.

Burning Wheel - I am in love with this game. REALLY in love with it. Except for the combat mechanics actually. And even there, I LOVE the ranged combat mechanics in general. Would love to actually play this, but haven't.

AssassinX - I wrote this RPG in a fit of pique, but have never had the opportunity to run a game of it yet. I even have a small pile of the rule books sitting here beside me, and some ideas percolating for an expansion / revision of the game.

Ars Magica - the latest edition, very pretty, is just sitting there gathering dust.

In Nomine - Fabulous book, but I doubt that I'll ever get an opportunity to run or play it anymore.

also

Capes
Sorcerer
Twilight 2000 second edition
GURPS Discworld
GURPS Transhuman Space
Alternity

In the d20 based games, however, the list explodes with

Arcana Unearthed & Arcana Evolved
Traveller 20
Blue Rose
Farscape
Call of Cthulhu
Starship Troopers
Armageddon 2089 (although I even wrote a supplement for it)
Gamma World
Castles & Crusades
Midnight
Spycraft
Wheel of Time
Lone Wolf
Conan
Aberrant
True 20

 

[HellHound]

(re: Underground)
Another guy actually owned the freakish, genetically engineered anarchist cookbook!
-Great theme, awesome art, cool creation process...HORRIBLE game play.

UnderGround is part of my "every game designer must own this" collection. The rules for changing the world / country / neighbourhood / houshold are brilliant and essential reading.